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By Nikhil Sharma and Pranav Kashyap
Aug 4 (Reuters) -
Wall Street's main indexes bounced back on Monday after a
sharp pullback in the previous session, buoyed by growing
expectations of deeper Federal Reserve interest rate cuts
following an unexpectedly weak jobs report.
At 11:39 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average
rose 463.55 points, or 1.06%, to 44,052.13, the S&P 500
gained 74.56 points, or 1.20%, to 6,312.57 and the Nasdaq
Composite gained 325.95 points, or 1.58%, to 20,976.08.
Both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were on track for their
biggest single-day jump in more than two months.
This is in contrast to Friday, when a
dismal U.S. jobs report hammered the S&P 500 and sent
it to its steepest intraday drop since May 27.
The bleak data that also accompanied steep downward
revisions for May and June forced market participants to amplify
their bets for Fed rate cuts this year, noting signs of a
weakening labor market.
"When you have a Fed that operates in a lagging sense,
you're going to have the market moving around as the data comes,
that's what we're seeing with the weaker jobs report," said
Charlie Ripley, senior investment strategist for Allianz
Investment Management.
Odds for a September rate cut now stand at about 84%,
according to CME Fedwatch. Market participants see at least two
quarter-point cuts by the end of this year.
Underscoring uncertainty, Trump fired Bureau of Labor
Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer the same day,
accusing
her of faking the jobs numbers.
"The revisions ... it brings a level of skepticism into
the data sets," Allianz Investment Management's Ripley added.
Investors also weighed Fed Governor Adriana Kugler's
unexpected resignation, which could open the door for President
Donald Trump to reshuffle the central bank's leadership to his
favor.
Trump has repeatedly threatened to fire Chair Jerome
Powell, believing that rates should be much lower than they are.
Meanwhile, Tesla rose 1.2% after
granting
CEO Elon Musk 96 million shares worth about $29 billion.
All S&P 500 sub-sectors were trading in the green, with
communication services leading gains with a 2% jump.
U.S. factory orders tumbled 4.8% in June after an upwardly
revised 8.3% increase in May, owing to a sharp drop in
commercial aircraft orders.
Meanwhile, Trump threatened to substantially raise tariffs
on India over its purchases of Russian oil. Last week, Trump
slapped a 25% tariff on goods imported from the country.
After a big week for Big Tech earnings, companies from
various sectors, including Palantir ( PLTR ), Eli Lilly ( LLY )
and Disney ( DIS ), will report this week.
Among notable movers, Joby Aviation ( JOBY ) rose 20.7%
after Bloomberg News reported that the company was exploring the
acquisition of helicopter ride-share operator Blade Air Mobility ( BLDE )
. Blade Air's shares surged 26.6%.
IDEXX Laboratories ( IDXX ) soared 26.8% after the
animal diagnostics maker
raised
its full-year profit and revenue forecasts and reported
better-than-expected second-quarter results.
Spotify ( SPOT ) jumped 6.8% as the music streaming platform
announced plans to raise the monthly price of its premium
individual subscription in select markets from September.
Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by a 4.76-to-1
ratio on the NYSE and by a 2.8-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.
The S&P 500 posted 25 new 52-week highs and seven new
lows, while the Nasdaq Composite recorded 52 new highs and 72
new lows.